Ice-cream freezer.



PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1903x G. E, TAYLOR.

"ICE CREAM FREEZER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27, 1903.

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NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES iatented September 1, 1903 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES EDWIN TAYLOR, OF MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OE ONE- HALF TO MOLLIE G. MAGALE, OF MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS.

[GE-CREAM FREEZER;

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 737,973, dated September 1, 1903.

Application filed May 27, 1903. Serial lio.158,947. (No modeL) To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known 'thatI, CHARLES EDWIN TAY- LoR, residing at Magnolia, in the county of Columbia and State of Arkansas, have invented anewandlmproved Ice-CreamFreezer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention seeks to provide a new and improved ice cream freezer of that type in which is included a cream-holder detachably supported and rotatable within a refrigerantholding vessel, and in its generic nature it comprehends a peculiar cooperative arrangement of an outer can or vessel having a centrally-disposed stationary agitating means, including a central standard, an annular cream-holding can having a hollow pendent member adapted to fit and rotate upon the central standard and around the stationary agitating or refrigerant-circulating means, a detachable cover holder having pendent scraper and dasher members adapted to project into the creamholder, means for holding the cover from turning, and a detachably-connected actuatinghandle.

In its more complete nature my invention comprises a new combination of parts of a simple and economical construction capable of freezing the cream in a minimum amount of time and labor, which can be readily repaired by an ordinary tinner, and in which the parts have such correlation that the same can be conveniently used for either domestic or manufacturers uses. In addition to its especial use as an ice-cream freezer it can be used for cooking the cream in the holder and as amilk-cooler, &c.

In its more subordinate features my inven-' tion also embodies certain details of construction and peculiar combination of parts, all of which will hereinafterbe fu described, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved ice-cream freezer, taken substantially'on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2isa horizontal section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the annular cover with the pendent combined scraps! and dashcr members. Fig. 4

for the annular cream-- ice-cream freezer the same comprises a tublike vessel 1, having anoutwardly-flaring rim 1 at the upper end, and the said vessel, to-

gether with the cream-holder, the annular cover-plate, and the scraper or dasher members pendent therefrom and hereinafter referred to. are made of tin, galvanized iron, or other sheet metal.

Centrally mounted on the bottom dot the vessel and fixedly connected thereto is a vertically -disposed ret'rigerantejecting means consisting of a conical-shape base 1;, from-the apex of which ext-ends upwardly a tubular standard h ,'the upper end of which terminates in a cup Z) for conveniently holding a bearing-ball c, and from the said base I) also projects upwardly a series of ra ilially-disposed plates If, that extend to a point near the standard b and terminate in right-angle flanges b, that form baiiies or breaker members and also guides for a purpose presently explained, and the plates 7)" are braced at their upper ends by a ring b, as best shown in Fig. 5.

C designates the cream-holder, which consists of an outer cylinder 0' of sufficiently less diameter than the vessel 1 to provide for an' annular space X between the holder and the vessel 1 to receive the refrigerant, an inner cylinder 6-, and a bottom 1;, that connects the lower ends of the cylinders whereby to provide an annular chamber 1 for receiving the cream or other substance to be frozen, and the inner cylinder 0 is closed at the top by a head-plate c, which has an opening 4: for feeding the ice or other refrigerant into the hollow space within the cylinder and to contact with the stationary agitating means on the bottom of the vessel-l,'.which agitating means extends up into thehollow of the said inner'cylinder 0 when the parts are in their operative positive position.

c designates a tubular stem fixedly secured to the head-plate o, a portion of which is pendent from the said head-plate and i s adaptlaterally disposed vertical socket adapted to receive a locking-stud d on the handle D,

- which also has a pendent cufi' (Z to fit over the upper end 0 of the member and the said member 0 is also provided with a solid bearing 0 to engage the bearing-balls c, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

F designates an annular cover adapted to detachably fit over the cream-holders to close the annular creamere ceivin g' cham ber thereof, and the said cover has pendent f f tofit over the edges of the inner and outercylinders 0 c and the said coveris further provided with a series of eyes f to receive hooks E, pivotally connected to the edge 1 of the vessel l,..wh ereby to lock the cover F from rotation.

G G denote arms pendently secured to the cover F, preferably at diametrically opposite (points, and the said arms are, ,o fa,len gth.to

' extend. near the bottom of the annul'ar-crearn-' chamber, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

To the arm G is secured a combined dasher and scraper-blade H, hinged to thesaid arm for a limited swing in a horizontal plan e, and

it is held to automatically engage and scrape against the outer wall of theannular cream holder to a suitable spring I, which may be arranged as shown in Fig. 2, and the said blade H has a series of apertures h, and it is made tapering in width from the top to the bottom to facilitate a proper flow or churning action of the cream. p

H indicates a blade hinged to the arm G. This blade is not apertured andis of less width than theopposing blade H,.and the spring connection therefor is such as to 'hold it in engagement with and to scrape over the inner wall of the cream-holding chamber, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2. I

J denotes stops on the underside of the cover ?or preventing back swing of the blades H LIld H, and K' denotes the plug-outlet of the ressel 1. 1 r Y From the foregoing description, taken in .onnection with the accompanying drawings, t is thought the complete construction and idvantages of my invention will readily ap- 631.

In using the inventionfor freezing the space nternal of the removable holder G is filled with the refrigerant, which is entered through the opening in the top plate of the said holder, and the refrigerantwithin the saidspace is held in a proper contact with the inner wall of the annular cream-holder by the agitating devices mounted onthe bottom of the ves- Sci 1. The cream or other material to be frozen is then poured into the annular chamber of the holder C, and the cover Fis then fitted in place and held fro rotation byhook'ing it to a the vessel, as shoT n. The, space X is then filled with the ice and salt or other refrigerant and the handle attached; By reason of the entire weight of the holder 0 being upon the bearing-balls mounted in the upper end of the standard projected up from the base of the vessel 1, and as the said holderG is guided by the rotary blade b the said holder can be readily rotated with but a minimum exertion, it being understood the freezing is much facilitated by reason of the stirring, the dasher and scraping action produced within the cream chamber by the stationarily held blades H and Il.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- V 1. In anice-cream freezer as described; a cylindrical tub or Vessel for holding the refrigerant, having acentral standard projected vertically from the bottom thereof, a series of blades radially disposed with respect to the standard and secured to the bottom of, the said vessel, a cream-holder detachably supported on the upper end of the said standard, said holder having an inner chamber "open at thebottom and adapted to fit over the aforesaid rotary blades, and an annular cream-receiving chamber open at the top, a coverde- 'tachably mounted over the said annular chamber, means for connecting the "cover to the refrigerant-holding vessel, and a means for turning the inner or cream-holding vessel on its central support; as described,

' 2. An ice-cream freezer of the character described, comprising in combination with the outer cylindrical vessel having a central vertically-disposed standard, and a bearing-ball in the upper end of the said standard; of an inner or cream-holding cylindrical vessel, said vessel having an inner chamber open .at the bottom, a central pendent socket adapted to fit loosely over the central standard on the outer vessel and to rest upon the bearing-ball,

said inner vessel also including an annular cream-holding chamber open at-the top, a cover detachably supportable over said annular chamber, means for. fixedly connecting IIO said cover with the vessel 1, and a handlede- 1 tachably joined with the inner vessel for turnin g the said vessel within the refrigeranth oldin g tub or outer vessel, as set forth.

3. In an ice-cream freezer as described; the

combination of an outer or refrigerant-hold ing vessel, said vessel having a centrally-disposed vertical standard, a conical base sur-y roundin g the lower end thereof, vertical blades projected from the said base and disposed radially of the standard and having theirinner 'ends bent at right angles to form. guidefianges b of an inner vessel detachablysup portable and rotatable upon-the central stand: ard, said inner vessel including an innersnd an outer cylinder joined by a. bottom plate,

the innericylinder being of a diametei'flvtofit over the radial blades projected up from the bottom of the outer vessel, atop plate 0 for the inner vessel, a socket joined therewith for engaging the vertical bearing-standard, an actuating-handle detachably connected with said socket, an; annular cover for the spring-held, yieldiirg-pldtsi for engaging the space between the inner and outer cylinders walls ofjhe' Sam-annular ehanfloere; as set of the rotatable inner vessel, means for 0011-; forth.

meeting saideoverto the outer vesseLdda'sher, CHARLES EQYHNTAYLOR; I and scrapers pendent from the said cover pro- Witnesses: j r jeeted intethe annular chamber of the inner r J. F. RUMYAN',-

vessel, said flasher and scrapers, including J. II. JONES; 

